Rewards

"I passed the eleventh level, and the treatment offered by the Virtual Universe Company is that we can join the End Times Secret Realm. Kong Yan and Zhendan are in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. So, we all believe that only by passing the eleventh level can one join the End Times Secret Realm, while the twelfth level is the baseline for joining the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm." Li Zheng continued, "The territory of our Blade Race is in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, and the Ganwu Universe Kingdom belongs to the Virtual Universe Company, so I have already decided to join the Virtual Universe Company. Now, in the virtual universe, a new End Times District has already appeared in my residence."

"Kong Yan and I both received invitations to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm from the Virtual Universe Company, but in the end, I joined the Giant Axe Dojo, and Kong Yan joined the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance!" Zhendan, who was standing to the side, spoke up.

The others were not surprised; it was clear they had already received this information, while Ye Muxuan nodded slowly, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"My teacher is a King Level member of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance. Although he isn't considered top-tier, he still has some influence, so I joined the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance," said the slender-figured Kong Yan.

"You are the only World Lord among us who has reached the thirteenth level. By comparison, the conditions offered by the five major powers to win you over must be even better," said Zhendan, who had a burly build and a lightning mark between his brows.

"As far as I know, among this batch of newcomers, the highest level reached by an Immortal Army Lord on the Heavenly Bridge is only the thirteenth level. However, among the Marquis Rank, there is one who reached the sixteenth level," Qing Lun, dressed in green, also spoke up.

Everyone knew whose talent and potential were better: an Immortal passing the thirteenth level or a World Lord passing the thirteenth level. One could even say that Ye Muxuan's talent was superior to that of the Marquis Rank Immortal who reached the sixteenth level.

Li Zheng began to introduce his own situation—information that could be disclosed to them—and continued, "Let me start with my situation. This time, when I cleared the Heavenly Bridge and the Illusion Sea, I was at the eleventh level. After joining the End Times Secret Realm as a core member, I gained the corresponding authority and received a reward of 10,000 points. Adding the points from the Heavenly Bridge, the Illusion Sea, and the Immortal Altar, the total is nearly 470,000, plus an additional quota of 10 million points to purchase any secret techniques. Kong Yan and Zhendan passed the twelfth level of the Heavenly Bridge; I'm not sure about the specifics of their Illusion Sea results, but I estimate it's about the same. Although they didn't join the Virtual Universe Company, the reward points given by the Giant Axe Dojo and the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance should be 100,000. Muxuan, you are at the thirteenth level and the only one among this batch of newcomers, so your points must be even higher now, right?"

Kong Yan and Zhendan both nodded slightly.

They had joined the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance and the Giant Axe Dojo respectively, and both major powers had paid a price to win them over. There was nothing much to say about the basic reward points and point quotas, as these were agreed upon by the five major powers: for this batch of newcomers in the Initial Universe, joining the End Times Secret Realm rewards 10,000 points, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm rewards 100,000 points, the Primordial Secret Realm rewards 1 million points, and the Primal Secret Realm rewards 10 million points. However, there was plenty of room for negotiation regarding other perks.

Even for instructors, there is at least a hundredfold difference in strength between a High King Level and a Limit King Level. But in the eyes of those Venerables, they are about the same. Therefore, if Kong Yan had joined the Virtual Universe Company, the high-level Venerables might have promised to assign her a High King Level or even a Peak King Level instructor before she reached Immortality. If she joined the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, the higher-ups might very well send a Limit King Level or even an invincible King Level to guide her. Furthermore, in the former case, once she reached Immortality or a certain amount of time had passed, the instructor would stop serving, whereas in the latter, the guidance could continue even after she reached Immortality.

It can only be said that the conditions offered by the five major powers each have their own merits; one must weigh for themselves which power to join.

"The Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Dojo are clearly more dominant; these two powers each occupy half of our Human Race's 1,008 universe kingdoms. By comparison, the Cosmic First Bank and the Cosmic Galaxy Bank are slightly inferior, but precisely because of this, the two banks are more willing to pay a price to win over geniuses," said Qing Lun, dressed in green. "I have now passed the ninth level, and with my teacher's recommendation, I joined the Cosmic Galaxy Bank as an outer member and signed an agreement with them."

"I am currently an outer member, so I only receive points from clearing the Heavenly Bridge, the Illusion Sea, and the Immortal Altar. I don't have the kind of rewards that Blade Maniac and Zhendan have, nor do I have a free point quota. But if I can pass the eleventh level within the 3,000 years in the Initial Universe, I will be able to enter the core layer and receive the same 10,000 reward points and point quota. As for the twelfth and thirteenth levels that follow, there are more specific point rewards, but I estimate the possibility of me getting them is low. Of course, I won't give up," Qing Lun's gaze swept across everyone's faces. "My current goal is to pass the eleventh level within these 3,000-plus years so that I can get the 10,000-point reward, and most importantly, join the core secret realm of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank!"

Kong Yan nodded and said, "The Cosmic Galaxy Bank is also one of the five major powers; its core secret realm is not much worse than those of the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Dojo. With our methods, the probability of becoming a core member and reaching Immortality is very high!"

For a World Lord to reach Immortality, comprehension of laws, consciousness and will, and control over the body are all indispensable! But it is not the case that having all three guarantees a breakthrough; there is still a hint of destiny involved in the dark.

Normally, only by reaching Immortality is one qualified to be courted by the five major powers.

Besides Qing Lun, Bone Hand, Blood Sword, Wei Yi, and others also spoke up. They had all passed the ninth level, and after weighing their options, they had also joined one of the five major powers, though they were currently only outer members. Or rather, except for Ye Muxuan, almost everyone among the thousands who entered the Initial Universe who was qualified to receive an invitation chose to join a major power! Of course, those World Lords who only passed the seventh or eighth levels didn't even have the qualifications to receive an invitation. Among these World Lords who received invitations, the number of those choosing the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Dojo was the highest. Next was the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and the number of those choosing the two banks was the smallest.

This was similar to the situation of previous newcomers. After all, the two banks and the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance were generally weaker. Even so, out of the more than 1,000 World Lord newcomers in this batch, only eleven people were able to receive invitations to become core members. As for the rest, most of them, like Qing Lun, signed an agreement and joined the outer circles of the five major powers. Many of them, especially those who entered through the auctions, would likely exhaust their entire World Lord lifespan without ever reaching Immortality, eventually becoming nothing more than guards for the core members.

Just like the genius competition over a decade ago, most of the World Lords in the guard teams for those genius contestants were members of this type.

After all, without reaching Immortality, one cannot achieve eternal existence, nor can one ignore the passage of time and the changing of eras.